PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Anderson Romario (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jonny Victorio (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Romario comes to the cage accompanied by Polly - By Nirvana. Victorio is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Massive Attack - Angel. On his way into the cage it seems that Anderson Romario has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Anderson Romario seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

Romario
vs
Victorio

184 cm
25
270 lbs
9 - 2 - 0

193 cm
22
253 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

Decent wrestler
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Anderson Romario!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jonny Victorio!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Ben Zyskovitsi and Roosa Järviläinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Romario staying out of range there.
Victorio tries to land a body kick
and Romario counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Jonny Victorio seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Victorio throws a lazy head kick
letting Romario counter with a right hand.
Victorio attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
A lazy body kick from Victorio
and Victorio takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Romario throws a head kick that misses.
Romario's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Victorio connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Romario scrambles back to his feet.
Victorio misses with a kick to the body
and Romario counters with a leg kick.
Romario moves forwards but Victorio connects with a nice, crisp jab.
A punch combination from Victorio misses.
Victorio throws a sloppy head kick
and Romario counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Victorio is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Romario throws a leg kick
and Victorio counters with a big head kick but Romario shrugs it off.
Romario defending well as Victorio loads up on a big left hand.
Victorio misses with a head kick.
Victorio looks to throw the jab but Romario is out of range.
Victorio throws a hook but Romario avoids it easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Romario moves away from the strike by Victorio.
Romario stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Romario wants it to stay on the feet.
A combination from Victorio does no damage.
Victorio has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Romario.
Romario takes a swing at Victorio's ribcage but misses.
Victorio lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Victorio misses with a straight left.
Romario misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Romario with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Romario keeps Victorio at a distance using the push kick.
Victorio looks gassed!
Romario is looking to chop away at Victorio's legs.
Victorio throws a leg kick
and Romario makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Romario feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Victorio's calf.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Romario thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Victorio if he has to take too many more of those.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Romario scores with a kick to the midsection.
Romario fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Victorio.
Romario turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Romario lands a high kick!
Romario lands with a thumping leg kick.
Romario throws a head kick that misses.
Romario throws a nice head kick!
Romario fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Victorio.
Romario feints and then cracks Victorio's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Victorio down.
Romario throws a leg kick which misses Victorio's front leg but catches the back leg as Victorio tries to avoid it.
Romario moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Romario throws a nice inside leg kick.
Victorio takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Anderson Romario is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Romario looks for the body kick but Victorio saw that one coming.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Romario delivers a nice body kick.
Victorio walks forward, straight into a front kick from Romario.
Romario throws a nice outside leg kick.
Romario cracks the inside of Victorio's front leg.
Romario with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Romario moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Romario throws a nice outside leg kick.
Romario scores with a leg kick.
Romario buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Victorio takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Romario scores with a push kick.
Romario throws a quick inside leg kick.
Romario buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Romario lands a leg kick that knocks Victorio off balance momentarily.
Romario thumps Victorio with a low kick.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Romario - that will leave a mark!
Romario throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Victorio's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Romario scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Romario. Victorio shrugs it off though.
Romario misses with a body kick.
Romario throws a chopping leg kick but Victorio manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Romario throws a nice outside leg kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Romario jabs Victorio to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Romario lands with a thumping leg kick.
A nice inside leg kick there by Romario. That's going to slow Victorio down.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Anderson Romario dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Romario lands with a kick to the temple. Victorio shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Romario misses with a kick to the body.
Romario looks to land a body kick but Victorio moved away.
Victorio throws a head kick that misses.
Anderson Romario is winning the standup battle so far.
A chopping leg kick lands by Romario.
Victorio misses with a body shot.
Romario cracks the inside of Victorio's front leg.
Victorio throws a right hand that misses
and Romario counters with an inside leg kick.
Romario moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Romario fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Victorio has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Romario connects with a leg kick. Victorio looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Victorio is breathing heavily.
Victorio chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Romario can pounce on him.
Romario lands a nice leg kick that just misses Victorio's sensitive parts.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Victorio takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Victorio takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Victorio on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Romario. Romario obviously looking to wear him down.
A nice inside leg kick there by Romario. That's going to slow Victorio down.
An inside leg kick lands from Romario.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Victorio might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Romario has got the better of the exchanges.
Crunch! Romario slams his shin into Victorio's torso.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
That kick from Romario tenderised Victorio's leg. Victorio is trying to keep his angry face on.
Romario throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Romario goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Romario lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Romario throws a quick inside leg kick.
A nice inside leg kick there by Romario. That's going to slow Victorio down.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Romario throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
A slapping body kick lands there for Romario.
A slapping leg kick lands for Romario.
Victorio on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Romario. Romario obviously looking to wear him down.
Romario scores with a head kick.
Victorio steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Romario. That one must have hurt.
Romario throws a nice outside leg kick.
Victorio sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Romario throws a nice inside leg kick.
Romario with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Romario lands with a thumping leg kick.
Romario delivers a nice body kick.
Romario with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Romario scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Victorio moves out of range of the body kick from Romario.
Victorio on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Romario. Romario obviously looking to wear him down.
Romario is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Victorio can do to turn this around?
Romario lands with a slapping head kick.
Romario turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Victorio stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Romario.
Romario lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Romario lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Romario throws a nice inside leg kick.
Romario lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Romario is looking to slow Victorio down with leg kicks.
Victorio on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Romario, right into the meat.
Victorio chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Romario can pounce on him.
Victorio steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Romario. That one must have hurt.
Romario connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
A chopping leg kick lands by Romario.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Romario.
A solid body kick from Romario.
Romario cracks the inside of Victorio's front leg.
Romario throws a head kick but Victorio moves out of range.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Victorio avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Romario moves away from the strike by Victorio.
Romario turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Anderson Romario dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Romario throws a nice inside leg kick.
Victorio throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Romario bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Romario throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Victorio.
Victorio throws a poor cross that misses
and Romario counters with an outside leg kick.
Victorio takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
A chopping leg kick lands by Romario.
Victorio takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Romario.
Romario dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Victorio. That did some damage!
Victorio takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Romario scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Romario misses with a low kick.
Victorio on the wrong end of a nice jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Romario connects with a leg kick. Victorio looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Romario connects with a solid leg kick.
Romario scores with a leg kick.
Victorio has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Romario.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Romario.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Romario, right into the meat.
Romario connects with a solid leg kick.
Romario throws a sloppy head kick and Victorio moves out of range easily.
A head kick from Romario lands but Victorio takes it in his stride.
Victorio throws a body kick the misses
and Romario counters with a thumping low kick.
Romario takes a swing at Victorio's ribcage but misses.
Victorio takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Victorio takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Jonny Victorio has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Romario looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Romario explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Crunch! Romario slams his shin into Victorio's torso.
Romario buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Victorio on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Romario. Romario obviously looking to wear him down.
Good leg kick by Romario there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Anderson Romario is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Romario bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Victorio has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Romario.
A solid body kick from Romario.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Romario, right into the meat.
Victorio has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Romario.
A head kick from Romario lands but Victorio takes it in his stride.
Victorio swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Romario counters with a low kick, right behind Victorio 's knee.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Romario misses with a head kick.
Victorio looks to land a combination. Romario sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Victorio takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
A solid leg kick lands there for Romario.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Victorio crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Romario - the referee stops the clock and Victorio gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Romario. Victorio manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
A nice inside leg kick there by Romario. That's going to slow Victorio down.
Good leg kick by Romario there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Romario cracks the inside of Victorio's front leg.
Romario chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Romario fakes the leg kick and cracks Victorio in the body.
Romario goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Victorio swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Romario counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Romario chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Victorio tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Romario pushes Victorio away with a front kick.
Romario throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Victorio's head.
Good leg kick by Romario there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Romario throws a push kick but Victorio slaps the foot to one side.
Romario scores with a kick to the body.
Romario fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Victorio has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
A slapping leg kick lands for Romario.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A chopping leg kick lands by Romario.
Victorio fails with the takedown
and Romario counters with a thumping low kick.

And that's the end of the fight!
Anderson Romario showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Romario has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 30:25
Judge Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 30:25
Judge Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 30:25

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Anderson Romario!